How Motherhood Has Changed Ashley Greene's Outlook on Body Image
her body again felt like a relief for Ashley, who took those first careful, shaky breaths roughly three weeks after giving birth. "The hardest part for me about not working out is really the mental wellness side to it," the Florida native explained. "Because I feel like if I hit that 10-day marker, I am not as happy as a person, I don't have as much optimism."
Still, rather than push herself to exhaustion, she thoughtfully moved through the program, taking extra time when necessary, like when they hit the endurance stage. "There are markers so that you know when you're ready to move on," said Ashley. "And a lot of it is really to be able to go through each of the exercises a certain amount of time without it putting any kind of strain on your back, abs or pelvic floor.
Though she honed in on her lower abs in particular, "I just had the goal of wanting to feel connected and like myself again," Ashley continued. "I felt like I was an alien in my own body for awhile. And I really wanted to feel like I had control again. Eventually, it was nice to get a little bit of a sweat when we got into the endurance and the strength and where we were adding the actual DB Method machine. But initially it was just get in there and do it.
With the app's trainers at her disposal to guide and options ranging from rehabilitation to toning, "I mix it up a little bit," she shared. "Sometimes I get 10 minutes and then I'm like, 'All right, let's do a quick glute HIIT.' And then sometimes I have a little bit more time and I can do a total body workout."
On the days she's especially pressed for time, "I do it while I'm pumping," she said of pulling double-duty with her wearable pump and the upright machine. "I'm doing something good for myself and I'm making my kid milk." That, in itself, feels like a particular big accomplishment with the star noting she endured a bit of a "rocky"
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